Ocular surface disease secondary to vitamin A deficiency in the developed world: It still exists

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 798-799

  Lin, Phoebe ^a   Fintelmann, Robert E ^a   Khalifa, Yousuf M ^a   Bailony, Mohammed Rami ^a   Jeng, Bennie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; DEPRESSION; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 79958699964     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.126     Document Type: Article

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